We have some drums at a studio in Chicago known as Electrical Audio. The owner said some things about Jenkins-Martin
Here's the original text, complete with hilarious misspellings of our name: "Since we acquired Jackin-Merlin drums, they've become reliable session workhorses. Even though drummers often bring their own kit, and we have dozens of other drums in the building, I reckon I use them on half the sessions I do. Having heard them in a lot of different settings, I can describe what I like about them.
The snare drums (6.5x14 and 5x14) are resonant, similar to acrylic snare drums I've recorded, but have a darker, chunkier character that offsets the "bonk" of the shell tone nicely. They work well over a wide tuning range, and the deeper one is especially nice tuned low and dampened to emphasize its bass character.
The bass drum has nice deep acoustic decay, without a lot of wobbly overtones, and is also useful over a wide tuning range, both with and without a full resonant head. The toms are extremely lively and sound great with no muffling, generating a long singing decay that behaves predictably and makes tuning easy.
My preference in drums is not to use dampening or muffling as a default, and to have the unmolested sound of the drum quite resonant and sustaining, with as much tone and discernible pitch as possible. Dampening drums to make them deader is easy and often happens accidentally. Making drums more lively is, conversely, often nearly impossible.
There's something of a trend in contemporary drum design to make neutral-sounding drums, without unpredictable modes and overtones. This makes for repeatable results with tuning and recording, but also makes drums less distinctive, and ultimately they become interchangeable.
I'm grateful that the Jennifer-Merkin drums buck this trend and are lively and full of personality, because they are proving to be a valuable part of our arsenal." -s(teve albini)
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0 1117 minutes ago

We have some drums at a studio in Chicago known as Electrical Audio. The owner said some things about Jenkins-Martin
Here's the original text, complete with hilarious misspellings of our name: "Since we acquired Jackin-Merlin drums, they've become reliable session workhorses. Even though drummers often bring their own kit, and we have dozens of other drums in the building, I reckon I use them on half the sessions I do. Having heard them in a lot of different settings, I can describe what I like about them.
The snare drums (6.5x14 and 5x14) are resonant, similar to acrylic snare drums I've recorded, but have a darker, chunkier character that offsets the "bonk" of the shell tone nicely. They work well over a wide tuning range, and the deeper one is especially nice tuned low and dampened to emphasize its bass character.
The bass drum has nice deep acoustic decay, without a lot of wobbly overtones, and is also useful over a wide tuning range, both with and without a full resonant head. The toms are extremely lively and sound great with no muffling, generating a long singing decay that behaves predictably and makes tuning easy.
My preference in drums is not to use dampening or muffling as a default, and to have the unmolested sound of the drum quite resonant and sustaining, with as much tone and discernible pitch as possible. Dampening drums to make them deader is easy and often happens accidentally. Making drums more lively is, conversely, often nearly impossible.
There's something of a trend in contemporary drum design to make neutral-sounding drums, without unpredictable modes and overtones. This makes for repeatable results with tuning and recording, but also makes drums less distinctive, and ultimately they become interchangeable.
I'm grateful that the Jennifer-Merkin drums buck this trend and are lively and full of personality, because they are proving to be a valuable part of our arsenal." -s(teve albini)
#electricalaudio#stevealbini#recordingstudio#yourfiberglassweapon#jenkinsmartindrums#blaemire#batterie#drumming#drummer#drumheadspod#drums#drumlife#drumfam#drumstagram#instadrum#baterista#drumkit#drummersofinstagram#drumpic

0 818 minutes ago

We have some drums at a studio in Chicago known as Electrical Audio. The owner said some things about Jenkins-Martin
Here's the original text, complete with hilarious misspellings of our name: "Since we acquired Jackin-Merlin drums, they've become reliable session workhorses. Even though drummers often bring their own kit, and we have dozens of other drums in the building, I reckon I use them on half the sessions I do. Having heard them in a lot of different settings, I can describe what I like about them.
The snare drums (6.5x14 and 5x14) are resonant, similar to acrylic snare drums I've recorded, but have a darker, chunkier character that offsets the "bonk" of the shell tone nicely. They work well over a wide tuning range, and the deeper one is especially nice tuned low and dampened to emphasize its bass character.
The bass drum has nice deep acoustic decay, without a lot of wobbly overtones, and is also useful over a wide tuning range, both with and without a full resonant head. The toms are extremely lively and sound great with no muffling, generating a long singing decay that behaves predictably and makes tuning easy.
My preference in drums is not to use dampening or muffling as a default, and to have the unmolested sound of the drum quite resonant and sustaining, with as much tone and discernible pitch as possible. Dampening drums to make them deader is easy and often happens accidentally. Making drums more lively is, conversely, often nearly impossible.
There's something of a trend in contemporary drum design to make neutral-sounding drums, without unpredictable modes and overtones. This makes for repeatable results with tuning and recording, but also makes drums less distinctive, and ultimately they become interchangeable.
I'm grateful that the Jennifer-Merkin drums buck this trend and are lively and full of personality, because they are proving to be a valuable part of our arsenal." -s(teve albini)
#electricalaudio#stevealbini#recordingstudio#yourfiberglassweapon#jenkinsmartindrums#blaemire#batterie#drumming#drummer#drumheadspod#drums#drumlife#drumfam#drumstagram#instadrum#baterista#drumkit#drummersofinstagram#drumpic

0 618 minutes ago

We have some drums at a studio in Chicago known as Electrical Audio. The owner said some things about Jenkins-Martin
Here's the original text, complete with hilarious misspellings of our name: "Since we acquired Jackin-Merlin drums, they've become reliable session workhorses. Even though drummers often bring their own kit, and we have dozens of other drums in the building, I reckon I use them on half the sessions I do. Having heard them in a lot of different settings, I can describe what I like about them.
The snare drums (6.5x14 and 5x14) are resonant, similar to acrylic snare drums I've recorded, but have a darker, chunkier character that offsets the "bonk" of the shell tone nicely. They work well over a wide tuning range, and the deeper one is especially nice tuned low and dampened to emphasize its bass character.
The bass drum has nice deep acoustic decay, without a lot of wobbly overtones, and is also useful over a wide tuning range, both with and without a full resonant head. The toms are extremely lively and sound great with no muffling, generating a long singing decay that behaves predictably and makes tuning easy.
My preference in drums is not to use dampening or muffling as a default, and to have the unmolested sound of the drum quite resonant and sustaining, with as much tone and discernible pitch as possible. Dampening drums to make them deader is easy and often happens accidentally. Making drums more lively is, conversely, often nearly impossible.
There's something of a trend in contemporary drum design to make neutral-sounding drums, without unpredictable modes and overtones. This makes for repeatable results with tuning and recording, but also makes drums less distinctive, and ultimately they become interchangeable.
I'm grateful that the Jennifer-Merkin drums buck this trend and are lively and full of personality, because they are proving to be a valuable part of our arsenal." -s(teve albini)
#electricalaudio#stevealbini#recordingstudio#yourfiberglassweapon#jenkinsmartindrums#blaemire#batterie#drumming#drummer#drumheadspod#drums#drumlife#drumfam#drumstagram#instadrum#baterista#drumkit#drummersofinstagram#drumpic

1 518 minutes ago

We have some drums at a studio in Chicago known as Electrical Audio. The owner said some things about Jenkins-Martin
Here's the original text, complete with hilarious misspellings of our name: "Since we acquired Jackin-Merlin drums, they've become reliable session workhorses. Even though drummers often bring their own kit, and we have dozens of other drums in the building, I reckon I use them on half the sessions I do. Having heard them in a lot of different settings, I can describe what I like about them.
The snare drums (6.5x14 and 5x14) are resonant, similar to acrylic snare drums I've recorded, but have a darker, chunkier character that offsets the "bonk" of the shell tone nicely. They work well over a wide tuning range, and the deeper one is especially nice tuned low and dampened to emphasize its bass character.
The bass drum has nice deep acoustic decay, without a lot of wobbly overtones, and is also useful over a wide tuning range, both with and without a full resonant head. The toms are extremely lively and sound great with no muffling, generating a long singing decay that behaves predictably and makes tuning easy.
My preference in drums is not to use dampening or muffling as a default, and to have the unmolested sound of the drum quite resonant and sustaining, with as much tone and discernible pitch as possible. Dampening drums to make them deader is easy and often happens accidentally. Making drums more lively is, conversely, often nearly impossible.
There's something of a trend in contemporary drum design to make neutral-sounding drums, without unpredictable modes and overtones. This makes for repeatable results with tuning and recording, but also makes drums less distinctive, and ultimately they become interchangeable.
I'm grateful that the Jennifer-Merkin drums buck this trend and are lively and full of personality, because they are proving to be a valuable part of our arsenal." -s(teve albini)
#electricalaudio#stevealbini#recordingstudio#yourfiberglassweapon#jenkinsmartindrums#blaemire#batterie#drumming#drummer#drumheadspod#drums#drumlife#drumfam#drumstagram#instadrum#baterista#drumkit#drummersofinstagram#drumpic

0 919 minutes ago

We have some drums at a studio in Chicago known as Electrical Audio. The owner said some things about Jenkins-Martin
Here's the original text, complete with hilarious misspellings of our name: "Since we acquired Jackin-Merlin drums, they've become reliable session workhorses. Even though drummers often bring their own kit, and we have dozens of other drums in the building, I reckon I use them on half the sessions I do. Having heard them in a lot of different settings, I can describe what I like about them.
The snare drums (6.5x14 and 5x14) are resonant, similar to acrylic snare drums I've recorded, but have a darker, chunkier character that offsets the "bonk" of the shell tone nicely. They work well over a wide tuning range, and the deeper one is especially nice tuned low and dampened to emphasize its bass character.
The bass drum has nice deep acoustic decay, without a lot of wobbly overtones, and is also useful over a wide tuning range, both with and without a full resonant head. The toms are extremely lively and sound great with no muffling, generating a long singing decay that behaves predictably and makes tuning easy.
My preference in drums is not to use dampening or muffling as a default, and to have the unmolested sound of the drum quite resonant and sustaining, with as much tone and discernible pitch as possible. Dampening drums to make them deader is easy and often happens accidentally. Making drums more lively is, conversely, often nearly impossible.
There's something of a trend in contemporary drum design to make neutral-sounding drums, without unpredictable modes and overtones. This makes for repeatable results with tuning and recording, but also makes drums less distinctive, and ultimately they become interchangeable.
I'm grateful that the Jennifer-Merkin drums buck this trend and are lively and full of personality, because they are proving to be a valuable part of our arsenal." -s(teve albini)
#electricalaudio#stevealbini#recordingstudio#yourfiberglassweapon#jenkinsmartindrums#blaemire#batterie#drumming#drummer#drumheadspod#drums#drumlife#drumfam#drumstagram#instadrum#baterista#drumkit#drummersofinstagram#drumpic

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